BELLWETHER is proud to present DIANA KINGSLEY
Lovely swallowed whole
Diana Kingsley finds humor and sadness in our failed
attempts to bring harmony and order to our environments, when
our high ambitions succumb to inevitable collapse. She focuses
on the most prosaic objects and situations, which could be anything
from a carefully arranged tabletop centerpiece, to a man in
a natty blazer draping himself coolly across the cushions of
a couch. Her photographs capture the delicate moments when these
controlled scenarios start to break down, when harmony is confounded
by dysfunction.
In Diane the cheery self-confidence of a nametag atop a proud
and mountainous breast is undone by a simple spray of seltzer,
smearing ink on the still clueless owner. In Lovely swallowed
whole the decadence of a luscious chocolate-covered strawberry
is taken to an unpalatable extreme, as it is entirely soaked
in chocolate, stem and leaves included. Although the subject
matter varies, a coherent sensibility emerges wherein disquiet
is always a close cousin of control, and human frailty and
vulnerability is reflected in the most disparate of things.
Diana Kingsley holds degrees from Colgate University and
SVA. She has shown extensively in Europe and the States including
recent solo shows at kmkk in Budapest, Derek Eller in NYC,
Ruimte Voor Aanvallen Van Het Uiterste in Gent and Gallerie
Christa Burger in Munich. She lives and works in New York
City.
BELLWETHER is an artist-run space in support of emerging artists.
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